Internet Contracts in the UK excluding London

Internet
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Internet skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Internet over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 284 258
Rank change year-on-year +25 -26 +6
Contract jobs citing Internet 71 112 184
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.55% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.56% 3.43% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 55 124
10th Percentile £200 £183 £166
25th Percentile £259 £246 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £498 £569 £550
90th Percentile £630 £743 £600
UK median daily rate £435 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -8.53% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 22 13
10th Percentile - £12.28 £12.60
25th Percentile - £13.00 £14.01
Median hourly rate £14.20 £14.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -25.61% +5.72%
75th Percentile - £60.75 £25.50
90th Percentile £16.32 £69.67 £33.75
UK median hourly rate £14.20 £23.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -38.26% +15.00% -29.20%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Internet falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,997 3,264 3,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.62% 16.12% 15.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,213 1,856 2,180
10th Percentile £200 £200 £207
25th Percentile £300 £334 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £588
90th Percentile £625 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £481 £488 £518
% change year-on-year -1.44% -5.93% +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 357 309
10th Percentile £13.89 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.28 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £27.50 £45.88 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.06% +154.89% -16.28%
75th Percentile £63.13 £63.75 £59.80
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.66 £73.90
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

Internet
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Internet as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Internet in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Internet in the UK excluding London

Internet
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +45 27 £400 -15.79% 244
Scotland +5 14 £380 +100.00% 35
North of England +16 11 £475 +46.15% 182
Midlands -6 11 £458 -23.62% 143
North West +14 9 £388 -18.42% 84
West Midlands -1 9 £498 -26.26% 82
South West +24 4 £520 +4.00% 77
East of England +24 3 £413 +91.86% 75
Yorkshire +5 2 £525 +61.54% 71
East Midlands -1 2 £435 +74.12% 54
Northern Ireland -8 1 - - 7
Internet
UK

Internet
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (15.49%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.45%) CMS
3 4 (5.63%) Apache
3 4 (5.63%) Confluence
3 4 (5.63%) Drupal
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (5.63%) WordPress
4 2 (2.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (2.82%) MS Project Server
5 1 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.41%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.41%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (23.94%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (14.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.41%) Acrobat
5 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.54%) Azure
2 15 (21.13%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.27%) Power Platform
4 5 (7.04%) AWS
5 4 (5.63%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.82%) Adobe Analytics
6 2 (2.82%) Google Analytics
6 2 (2.82%) SaaS
7 1 (1.41%) Akamai
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (42.25%) Firewall
2 17 (23.94%) Network Security
3 15 (21.13%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (21.13%) Wireless
4 14 (19.72%) LAN
4 14 (19.72%) VPN
4 14 (19.72%) WAN
5 9 (12.68%) MPLS
6 6 (8.45%) Ethernet
6 6 (8.45%) SD-WAN
7 5 (7.04%) BGP
7 5 (7.04%) OSPF
8 4 (5.63%) DWDM
8 4 (5.63%) IPsec
8 4 (5.63%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (4.23%) DHCP
9 3 (4.23%) DMZ
9 3 (4.23%) DNS
9 3 (4.23%) EIGRP
9 3 (4.23%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.27%) Power BI
1 8 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.45%) Relational Database
3 5 (7.04%) MySQL
4 4 (5.63%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (4.23%) Big Data
6 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (1.41%) DB2
7 1 (1.41%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Git
2 4 (5.63%) Bitbucket Server
2 4 (5.63%) JIRA
3 2 (2.82%) Gradle
3 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.82%) Maven
4 1 (1.41%) TestComplete
4 1 (1.41%) Zephyr
General
1 27 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.63%) Finance
5 3 (4.23%) Legal
5 3 (4.23%) Military
5 3 (4.23%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Law
7 1 (1.41%) Banking
7 1 (1.41%) Digital Economy
7 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Publishing
7 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (22.54%) Network Engineer
2 12 (16.90%) Senior
3 8 (11.27%) IT Manager
4 7 (9.86%) Architect
4 7 (9.86%) IT Services Manager
4 7 (9.86%) Service Manager
5 6 (8.45%) Help Desk Agent
5 6 (8.45%) Help Desk Support
6 5 (7.04%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Senior IT Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Senior Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Senior Service Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Support Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) PHP Software Engineer
7 4 (5.63%) Software Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Developer
8 3 (4.23%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) CSS
1 7 (9.86%) HTML
1 7 (9.86%) Web Services
2 4 (5.63%) Ajax
2 4 (5.63%) AngularJS
2 4 (5.63%) CodeIgniter
2 4 (5.63%) jQuery
2 4 (5.63%) LAMP
2 4 (5.63%) SOAP
3 3 (4.23%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.82%) J2EE
4 2 (2.82%) RESTful
5 1 (1.41%) .NET
5 1 (1.41%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.41%) Kafka
5 1 (1.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (8.45%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.45%) IoT
3 5 (7.04%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.04%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.63%) Legacy Code
5 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (4.23%) IVR
6 2 (2.82%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.82%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 2 (2.82%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.82%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.82%) PMI
6 2 (2.82%) SCADA
6 2 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (1.41%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.41%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.72%) Windows
2 12 (16.90%) Linux
3 9 (12.68%) Unix
4 8 (11.27%) Windows Server
5 4 (5.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.23%) Android
6 3 (4.23%) Solaris
6 3 (4.23%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (19.72%) ITIL
3 13 (18.31%) Time Management
4 11 (15.49%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (15.49%) Project Management
4 11 (15.49%) Server Management
5 10 (14.08%) Analytics
5 10 (14.08%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (12.68%) Service Delivery
7 8 (11.27%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (11.27%) Network Design
7 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
8 7 (9.86%) Design Patterns
8 7 (9.86%) ITSM
8 7 (9.86%) Migration
8 7 (9.86%) Network Management
8 7 (9.86%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (9.86%) Security Monitoring
8 7 (9.86%) Service Management
9 6 (8.45%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.45%) Java
1 6 (8.45%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.63%) PHP
3 3 (4.23%) Python
3 3 (4.23%) SQL
4 2 (2.82%) Perl
5 1 (1.41%) C#
5 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (23.94%) Degree
2 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.27%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.63%) CCNP
6 3 (4.23%) A+ Certification
6 3 (4.23%) CCNA
6 3 (4.23%) MCP
7 2 (2.82%) CCDP
7 2 (2.82%) CCIE
7 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.41%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.41%) CCIP
8 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.41%) ISEB
8 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (4.23%) SLA
3 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.82%) NCSC
3 2 (2.82%) QA
4 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.41%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (4.23%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.82%) Docker
4 1 (1.41%) Firmware
4 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.41%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.41%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.41%) vSphere
4 1 (1.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.82%) Ansible
2 2 (2.82%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.41%) CASB
3 1 (1.41%) SCCM
3 1 (1.41%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (1.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 29 (40.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (25.35%) Cisco
3 6 (8.45%) Palo Alto
4 5 (7.04%) Aruba
4 5 (7.04%) Oracle
5 4 (5.63%) Juniper
5 4 (5.63%) Zend
5 4 (5.63%) Zscaler
6 3 (4.23%) Adobe
6 3 (4.23%) Apple
6 3 (4.23%) Citrix
6 3 (4.23%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.23%) HP
6 3 (4.23%) Meraki
7 2 (2.82%) Arista
7 2 (2.82%) F5
7 2 (2.82%) Google
7 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.82%) VMware
8 1 (1.41%) ADVA